Orthopedics is a medical discipline that combines medical knowledge with expertise from many other fields.
Orthopedics belongs to the same category as orthopedic and bone surgery, but different countries' health systems subdivide it differently.
An orthopedic surgeon needs knowledge of many fields, such as sports medicine, biomechanics and engineering, and orthopedic surgery also relies on cooperation with experts from other fields, such as instrument engineers.
The human skeleton has more than two hundred joints, including the hip, knee, elbow, wrist, ankle and shoulder. Joint conditions caused by sports accidents, wear-and-tear syndromes and degenerative changes are common in all of them.
Orthopedic surgery: its development
Orthopedics began to develop as early as on the battlefields of the Middle Ages. After centuries of accumulated expertise, orthopedic research today is moving toward minimally invasive surgery and more durable, higher-quality implants.
Conventional orthopedic surgery performs large, invasive procedures on joints, leaving patients with more scarring and pain as well as long-term restrictions of movement and longer recovery. Arthroscopy is today's innovative technique in orthopedic surgery, and orthopedic specialists around the world have increasingly mastered it.
As a leader in the development and innovation of minimally invasive surgical instruments, Richard Wolf works with leading clinical partners to develop, manufacture and sell arthroscopy systems and implants for treating all joint conditions.
Minimally invasive orthopedic surgery
Richard Wolf orthopedic instruments and equipment are mainly used for minimally invasive surgery on the knee, hip, shoulder, wrist and elbow, for endoscopically assisted ulnar nerve decompression and for extracorporeal shockwave therapy in orthopedics.
The main instruments and equipment for minimally invasive orthopedic surgery include:
ENDOCAM Logic 4K Ultra HD Camera SystemAn energy-efficient, ergonomic and compact system. Smart processing algorithms – Special Imaging Modes (SIM) – clearly show structures that are hard to identify. 4K resolution of up to 4096 × 2160 pixels is four times today's HD standard.
PowerSpeed AS1 universal motor system
Universal, ergonomically designed and extremely smooth to use. It performs cutting, drilling, milling and sawing quickly and powerfully.
A new pump system for arthroscopy that combines an irrigation and suction pump in a single unit, with an integrated vacuum pump and roller pump for irrigation. Only one outflow tube is needed – no additional roller pump tube set is required.
In addition to this widely used advanced equipment, Richard Wolf offers more than 800 further products for the various conditions treated in orthopedics.
These include, but are not limited to:
For knee arthroscopy: BioactIF OSTEOTRAN – new generation bioactive, bioabsorbable interference screws; T-Lock OSTEOTRANS – tendon anchor; and more.
For hip arthroscopy: COXARTIS – instrument set for hip arthroscopy and treatment; PULSEShifter – microfracture instrument.
For wrist arthroscopy: Arthroscopy and ARTHROlution arthroscopes.
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy in orthopedics: PiezoWave2 and PiezoWave – the new generation of piezoelectric shockwave devices.
Advanced treatment of the many indications in orthopedics depends on the continuous introduction of new surgical techniques and the steady refinement of existing ones. This is the only way to achieve sustainably high standards of patient care. Visit the Orthopedics page for details of the related equipment and instrument sets.
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